Hey guys! I know I haven't been blogging regularly in a while so here's a short post with some quick updates lumped together wit...

Wednesday, February 14, 2018

Hey guys!

I know I haven't been blogging regularly in a while so here's a short post with some quick updates lumped together with some hairy news (pun intended).

Quick updates

I took a day trip to Jakarta and it was great - although, between Jakarta and Manila, Manila is much more interesting. Jakarta has old Batavia and...lots of shopping centres. Manila has a bit more to do.

Here I am with my Lonely Planet Indonesia at the National Monument in Merdeka Square, which was built to commemorate the struggle for Indonesian independence.

James, "Why is it the first thing that so many countries do when they get independence is to build a giant monument?"

Good point — I never really thought about it that way.

We also had a giant hotel room which cost about $50 - there was a lounge, a kitchen, a laundry area, a a bathroom, and a bedroom. Which, to me, is huge. But which, to according to James, was tiny by Jakarta standards.

We also bought some new fish because Mr Fish died. We bought about 10 guppies and 3 mini puffer fish. James was very attracted to the guppies although I kept saying that they die off really quickly. But, aiyah. They are so pretty, and the guy said that this breed is quite hardy. Lies. 6 died in less than a week.

But one of the females got pregnant without our knowing! And one day James woke up to find a baby guppy in the tank! I was asleep during his time of discovery, and when I woke up, THE GUPPY WAS GONE. And I spent the day bemoaning the lost of my baby guppy to my colleagues. I was so sure that the baby guppy had been eaten by the adults alongside the rest of its siblings.

Baby guppy and Jac sleeping, pictures courtesy of James.

But one of my colleagues mentioned that baby guppies liked to hide under rocks and in seaweed. Well! My tank certainly had rocks and seaweed! So I went home to look and VOILA! Baby guppies aplenty.

I don't really know how many baby guppies we have, but um, seems to be ten or more? They are really tricky to count. But I guess we'll find out in about 2 weeks, when they reach their full size.

Oh and another thing that we did was to visit Zero Latency in Suntec City. It's a VR multi-player game. It's quite expensive — about $60 for 30 mins, but it's well worth a try. Like, more worth it than alcohol. Just you know, not something to do every day, unless say, you're super rich.

Facial Hair

So, if you recall, not having thick and slut-worthy hair has always annoyed me. I wish I had slutty hair. That's the best kind of hair — the kind that falls messily into place after a head flip. But I don't, so I resorted to dying it blue and using Regaine.

Anyway, like girls, guys face similar hair dilemmas. James had always wanted to know what he looked like with a full beard, but has never been able to grow a full one due to you know, work and also follicular capabilities. I mean sure, he doesn't shave during the weekends and while we're on holiday, but usually, James' chin has less hair than um, a hairless rambutan.

So we were in Cyprus on the last leg of our two week holiday. James hadn't shaved since he left work and was torn between shaving off his poor excuse for a beard, and allowing it to grow to its fullest potential before returning to work. It was the longest that he had ever gone unshaven. What do you think? Not bad right?

But we thought that he should give it more time to grow out. And so we did.

I mean, we didn't wait very long. About 15 minutes or so. Courtesy of Bobbi Brown.

And so that's how James got his full facial hair at last. Of course, I didn't think that it was fair for me to just post pictures of James with a beard. So...out came my makeup again.

I think I look quite dashing. So, anyway, in the hairy punny spirit of things,恭喜發財! (Get it get it?)

Hello guys! So as you may already know, James and I went on a trip around Turkey. And it was amazing! We spent about two glorious weeks ...

Friday, January 26, 2018

Hello guys!

So as you may already know, James and I went on a trip around Turkey. And it was amazing! We spent about two glorious weeks in Turkey, travelling from city to city. We covered Istanbul, Cappadocia, Denizli, Izmir, and even managed Cyprus! And here's what we discovered along the way...

(Warning - Photo heavy post).

#1 It's cats galore.

So, I didn't know this was a thing, but apparently, Turkey is well known for it's cats. Like at least two people have asked me for my feedback on Turkey because they want to go, but are scared of cats. And really, they are EVERYWHERE.

Hey guys! So how was your weekend? If you asked me the previous Friday, I would have told you that my weekend plans consisted of waking ...

Monday, December 18, 2017

Hey guys!

So how was your weekend? If you asked me the previous Friday, I would have told you that my weekend plans consisted of waking up at an unearthly hour to drag myself to Admiralty for an event on Saturday morning, meeting James to buy a Christmas tree, before waving goodbye to him as he leaves for his work trip to Manila.

But life is funny and I ended up going to Manila. And here's what I learnt from my last minute trip.

#1 Last minute flights are not cheap.

Yeah so you've heard that you can get really good deals on flights by holding out till the very last minute to buy tickets. Like, I'm sure you heard the hype over websites like lastminute.com where last minute trip planners can get great deals, or some friend of a friend of a friend who got a great deal at the very last minute. LIES.

Hi guys! So, James and I don't own a car. We've never seen the need. We generally take public transport to get around unless we...

Friday, December 08, 2017

Hi guys!

So, James and I don't own a car. We've never seen the need. We generally take public transport to get around unless we're late/lazy. But both of us rely on the bus to get to and from work. Yes, my angmoh husband takes the bus. Here is some proof.

Hey guys! So if you recall, I reviewed a few bungee jumps some weeks ago to analyse which bungee jump is the most worth it at its given ...

Monday, November 27, 2017

Hey guys!

So if you recall, I reviewed a few bungee jumps some weeks ago to analyse which bungee jump is the most worth it at its given price point. And I also mentioned that I intended to review the newly opened AJ Hackett Bungy at Sentosa. But then, life got in the way. You know, sleeping and carting animal balloons around in taxis. The usual.

Ok so first, when I first heard that there would be a bungee site opening in Singapore, I was so freaking excited. Like, you have no idea. I constantly Googled for updates and when I heard that they were opening this year, I FREAKED. They even had this online auction where you could bid to #beoneofthefirst to jump off the tower. The starting bid was $250. This is acceptable. I mean, I once paid $600+ to jump off the Macau Tower. What is $250 right?